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Chris Beckman Paints for Polo by Josh Rubin

Chris Beckman has moved from the canvas to denim in a new series of work for Polo Jeans Co. A limited edition of 600 hand painted jeans, inspired by Chris's work, will be sold to help promote the denim company's GIVE (Get Involved. Volunteer. Exceed.) program to encourage community service.

I was skeptical of how good these would look, but given the opportunity to inspect them more closely I was pleasantly surprised. Though intentionally applied, the painting appears random and natural-- like I had locked myself in the studio for a week, obsessively painting without changing my clothes. The cut, Townshend, is quite good as well-- they're good butt jeans!

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This entry posted on 09 February 2005 at 12:16 PM
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